Josetta Joyce Wallace

August 6, 1937 - January 29, 2017

Graveside services for Josetta Joyce Wallace will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at the Carmen City Cemetery with Rev. Kirk Board officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Josetta Joyce Wallace, daughter of Melvin Lee Brooks and the late Bonadine Etta (Hall) Brooks, was born August 6, 1937, at Cherokee, Oklahoma, and passed away January 29, 2017, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 79 years, 5 months, and 23 days. Josetta graduated from Carmen High School, then attended beauty college. In 1960, she was united in marriage to Edwin Wallace at Carmen. She worked as a cook at the Carmen Home for 20 years. She moved to Alva about 6 years ago. She was a member of the Carmen Christian Church. She enjoyed word search puzzles. Besides her mother, she was preceded in death by an infant brother, Melvin Brooks, Jr. Josetta is survived by her daughter, Brooke Hess and husband, Roger, of Enid; her father, Melvin Brooks; one brother, Terry Pat Brooks and wife, Dawn Gay, of Alva; one granddaughter, Jessica Hess of Enid; other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Carmen Christian Church.